Restoring iTunes onto new hard drive

My HP PC is most likely going to have a new hard drive.
I have all 6000 songs backed up on not one, but two Seagate drives. Each have the entire library. Better safe than sorry.
Question:
When I put iTunes on the new PC Hard drive-----
*if I just have the iPod in the cradle and hit synch, will all the songs on the iPod transfer back over to where they need to be on the new PC hard drive?
*Or...I just copy the music folder from my Seagate and paste it to where it needs to be for iTunes to read it.
(If I do that, will iTunes then try and put all that music onto the iPod (where it already exists?)

you could 'authorize' the computer to play purchased music
or
you could get the preference file for itunes and copy it onto the new HD
regards,
Pete.

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Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!
There is a file in the iTunes library folder that contains your playlist information is the iTunes Library.xml file.
Try and find the file, usually located in one of these locations depending on your OS:
Operating System
Default location of iTunes Folder
Mac OS X
/Users/[your username]/Music
Microsoft Windows XP
\Documents and Settings\[your username]\My Documents\My Music\
Microsoft Windows Vista
\Users\[your username]\Music\
Microsoft Windows 7
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Then you can import this file to your iTunes Library like this:
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2. Navigate to the "iTunes Library.xml" file
3. Windows users: Click Open.
If your Podcasts list in iTunes is empty after following these steps, learn how to add them back into iTunes.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
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I apologise if this has been asked before of is somewere else, but i couldnt find it.
I basicaly got a new computer and have my old hard drive now plugged into the new one so cant run the old itunes (so i cant consolodate or backup or anything like that)
But i want to restore itunes onto my new computer so that i have all my playlists and song names. This is mainly because i have about 30+ playlists, and a lot of the things i had to rename because they wernt named properly (didnt have artists or standard names)
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Doesn't matter.
If you copy the entire iTunes folder, it should work fine. You won't need to change any settings.
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1- Hold Shift and launch iTunes.
2- Select *Choose library* and select the /iTunes/ folder on the XP drive (/username/My Documents/My Music/iTunes/).
3- Go to iTunes prefs > Advanced.
4 - Make sure the iTunes media folder location is set to /username/My Documents/My Music/iTunes/iTunes Music (or iTunes Media).
5- Go to iTunes menu File > Library > Organize library and tick Consolidate.
This will ensure everything in iTunes is in /username/My Documents/My Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/ folder.
At this point, you can leave it like this and use it as is. iTunes will use this location for everything from now on.
If you wish to move iTunes to the new drive, quit iTunes and copy /username/My Documents/My Music/iTunes/ folder on the XP drive to /username/My Music/ on the C: drive.
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